The Curse of Arkady
10 best books like The Curse of Arkady (Emily Drake): Jackie's Wild Seattle, Over the Wall, There's a Girl in My Hammerlock, The Trolls, How Come the Best Clues Are Always in the Garbage?, The Hundred Penny Box, The Mystery at the Alamo, Journey, The Wolfling: A Documentary Novel of the Eighteen-Seventies, The Corn Grows Ripe
| Author | Will Hobbs |
| ISBN | 0380733110 |
Heart-stopping adventure on the wild side of Seattle! How do you rescue a coyote trapped in the elevator of a downtown office building? How do you save an injured seal at the bottom of a cliff with the tide coming in? Fourteen-year-old Shannon and her younger brother, Cody, are about to find out as they...
| Author | John H. Ritter |
| ISBN | 0698119312 |
Tyler's temper is out of control. If he isn't careful, he'll blow his chances of making the All-Star team and being noticed by a scout. But Tyler's coach, a Vietnam War veteran, has seen anger destroy enough people. He knows that if Tyler is ever going to fulfill his dreams, he'll have to learn to fight his...
| Author | Jerry Spinelli |
| ISBN | 0671746847 |
Just finished this excellent young adult story. Spinelli has done it again -- spun a story I could hardly put down and that pulled all the loose ends together without tying them too tight.
Maisie is an athletic type junior high girl. She was Athlete of the Year, playing on the basketball team,...
| Author | Polly Horvath |
| ISBN | 0374479917 |
Aunt Sally is beyond any of Melissa, Amanda, and Pee Wee's expectations. She has come all the way from Vancouver Island, Canada, to take care of the children while their parents are away, and right from the start Aunt Sally enchants them with tales of her childhood with their father. Odd characters figure...
| Author | Linda Bailey |
| ISBN | 0590303880 |
Someone has stolen nearly a thousand dollars from the Garbage Busters, an environmental group that employs Stevie's mother. Worst of all, they've stolen it right from her house! The Diamond & Kulniki Detective Agency must get right to work. Unfortunately, all of their super sleuthing leads Stevie...
Michael loves his great-great-aunt Dew, even if she can't always remember his name. He especially loves to spend time with her and her beloved hundred penny box, listening to stories about each of the hundred years of her life. Michael's mother wants to throw out the battered old box that holds the pennies,...
| Author | Gertrude Chandler Warner |
| ISBN | 0807554375 |
The Mystery at the Alamo is a short and simple book. Some things are correct, such as the fact that there’s a wax museum right across from the Alamo, but there is a glaring error about the ring. According to the book, little Angelina Dickinson was given the ring by her father. This is not correct. The ring...
| Author | Patricia MacLachlan |
| ISBN | 0440408091 |
Journey is eleven the summer his mother leaves him and his sister, Cat, with their grandparents. He is sad and angry, and spends the summer looking for the clues that will explain why she left.
Journey searches photographs for answers. He hunts family resemblances in Grandma's albums....
| Author | Sterling North |
| ISBN | 0140361669 |
Robbie Trent, protagonist in Sterling North's The Wolfling, stands on the brink. The brinkbof manhood, the brink of maturity, as the comely Inga Skavilain courts him, making him jealous first of the portrait painted of her by Frithof Kumlein, then making it a present to him.
But Robbie Trent,...
| Author | Dorothy Rhoads |
| ISBN | 0140363130 |
A Newbery Honor Book
Can Tigre find the strength and courage to support his family?
When Tigre's father is badly injured in an accident, the family is thrown into turmoil. Who will plant and harvest the corn that they need to survive--and to please the Mayan gods? The neighbors have...
| Author | Lloyd Alexander |
| ISBN | 0141300574 |
In the busy village square, Lukas is drawn to a magician called Battisto the Magnificent, who promiese adventure to anyone who will pay for it. Anxious for excitement, Lukas spends a silver coin and volunteers to take part in Battisto's magic. He is plunged into a tub of water and finds himself washed...
| Author | Mike Thaler |
| ISBN | 0545017661 |
THE SNOW DAY FROM THE BLACK LAGOON: When a blizzard hits, Hubie knows that doesn't mean a snow day, it means a no day -- nothing moves, nothing happens. After spending all afternoon zipping zippers, snapping snaps, and buckling buckles, he's finally ready to explore the winter wonderland. Can Hubie...
| Author | Margaret Davidson |
| ISBN | 0590424033 |
A Biography of a Great Man That Shines
Having read several of Margaret Davidson's books, I admit I have a certain brand loyalty, an admiration for her writing. I heartily recommend anything by Ms. Davidson, and this little book is no exception. As with her biography on Louis Braille, the subject...
| Author | Kate McMullan |
| ISBN | 0448432773 |
In my opinion, this is a suitable and decent book for kids who want to become knights when they grow up. The story is based on 3 main characters, Wiglaf , Angus and Erica in a school named " Dragon Slayers' Academy", which taught knight skills to lads to learn to become brave knights in 4 years. The story talks...
| Author | W.P. Kinsella |
| ISBN | 0140073868 |
No one can write about baseball with the same brilliant combination of mysticism and realism as W. P. Kinsella. Lovers of the game and lovers of fine writing will thrill to the range of the eleven stories that make up this new collection. From the magical conspiracy of the title story, to the celestial...
Together with Bess, Nancy Drew is on a cruise to adventure-- a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the raising of the Titanic. But she has uncovered evidence that their ship may be under threat-- from a rogue CIA agent! As they follow the Titanic's fateful course into the icy waters of the Northern...
The Tale of Despereaux: A Junior Novelization
This lively junior novelization of the film The Tale of Despereaux tells the story of several unlikely heroes: Despereaux, a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro, a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea, a Princess in a gloomy castle...
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Treasury
| Author | Betty MacDonald |
| ISBN | 0060248122 |
First of all I am still trying to figure out why they skipped book three in the series since it really doesn't make any sense to me. Instead all of the books should have been included or they could have done a series treasury to also make sure all the books were still being used instead of leaving one out as it...
| Author | Lisa Church |
| ISBN | 1402711441 |
Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date), comes a dazzling new series: " Classic Starts." The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. "Classic Starts" treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the...
| Author | Irene Radford |
| ISBN | 0756400716 |
This is a story mainly about Griffin, though it does switch viewpoints. He is a descendant of Merlin and is studying to be the next Pendragon, a person who looks over the well-being of Britain. However, he goes against his family's wishes and goes away from his home to become a Catholic priest. When Elizabeth...
| Author | Robert Lynn Asprin |
| ISBN | 0441014232 |
Phule is without a doubt the only captain in the Space Legion with his own butler, but Beeker has stuck with him through thick and thin. Which is why it’s incomprehensible to Phule why Beeker has run off-planet without a word—and with Omega Company’s lovely new medic.Without his right-hand man,...
